Professional Development for STEM Educators
An array of programmes and education courses are available at the undergraduate and graduate level for educators.
Testimonial from Malcolm Tan Jinhui (Year 3: Chemistry & Biological Chemistry)
A new Minor in STEM Education for NIE and NTU students in the BA and BSc programmes to expand their academic portfolio so that they gain exposure to the narratives of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), understand how STEM may be incorporated into formal and informal curriculum, and develop a better understanding of STEM careers.
The Minor Degree in STEM Education will:
provide you with foundational understandings about the importance of STEM from the macro perspectives so that you understand why STEM should be taught and learned;
develop critical consciousness about gender inclusive practices in STEM fields by equipping you with the language and skills to unpack discriminatory practices in artefacts and structures;
equip you with STEM content knowledge and skills related to important theme such as sustainability so that you acquire deeper and multiplistic understandings of the problems and solutions;
imbue understandings about problem-, solution- and user-centric approaches to STEM curriculum so that such approaches may be adopted to create meaningful STEM lessons for learners across ages and contexts; and
inform you about the current and future trends in STEM education research so that you may identify areas of interest worthy of pursuit in postgraduate degrees.